Buffer overflow in Invisible-Island Xterm
CVE-2022-24130
xterm through Patch 370, when Sixel support is enabled, allows attackers to trigger a buffer overflow in set_sixel in graphics_sixel.c via crafted text.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (76.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Invisible-Island Xterm
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 34, 35
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- twitter.com/nickblack/status/1487731459398025216 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/30/2 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/30/3 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html (Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00007.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-22 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-24130?
- CVE-2022-24130 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Invisible-Island Xterm, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-01-31.
- How severe is CVE-2022-24130?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.